_ 135 _ very good, very peaceful and very prosperous. We had a little trouble with the King of Shiraz the year before last when he came across Moghistan on the orders of King Tamar his master, and many in this kingdom suffered death and loss of property. In the end we made peace with him by agreeing to pay him the cost he had incurred in recompense which was nearly one hundred thousand pardaos, in fixed amounts; we still owe him some of this, but not much. This was all at the expense of the people of this Kingdom, because Governor Martim Afonso would not give any assistance from the customs-house, although this was been always done in the past, when such things happened to keep the country at peace. Maybe four years ago Martim Afonso built a great strong fortress at Sohar, a city of the Kingdom of Ormuz situated on the coast of Arabia. From there he ruled the city of Sohar and look the revenue from it, and he removed it from the jurisdiction of the King of Ormuz, my master. I therefore had troops assembled last sustainer in Julfar and Bahrain and sent my brother. Rais Abadin, guazil of Julfar to attack the fortress. God assisted him with his right hand and he captured it, killing many of those who were inside, and at my orders razing it to the ground.
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